Issue Preclusion - Law Dictionary Search Results
issue preclusion
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res judicata
matter] 1 : a thing, matter, or determination that is adjudged or final: as a : a claim, issue, or cause of action that is settled by a judgment conclusive as to the rights, questions, and facts … of issues in later suits on any cause of action "J. H. Friedenthal et al."] called also claim preclusion 3 : an affirmative defense based on res judicata
estoppel
already determined in a previous action ;esp : collateral estoppel in this entry called also estoppel by verdict issue preclusion see also former adjudication compare merger, res judicata b : the affirmative defense of estoppel by estoppel :
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